"Sue" wrote in message
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Don't try the barbecue one, or if you must, stew the squirrels first.
Same applies to making pies of them - cook them until they're tender
before you put the pie crust on.

In my experience only the back legs have enough meat on them to make them
worthwhile - but that is extremely good. The worst part is taking off the
skin, it's very firmly adhered.

Barbecuing isn't a suitable way of cooking, I can't see the point in stewing
and then grilling. I cook the whole legs in the oven, covered, with
seasoning and perhaps onion or garlic, and a little oil or fat but no water.
I wouldn't put them in a pie, I like to hold the bone and bite off the flesh
as I do with bird legs.

Don't think of them as rats, they get a clean diet and are fine to eat.

They're not rats.

Rats are edible, again only the back legs unless you're starving as some
people who've eaten them have been. What an animal eats has no bearing on
its flesh.

Mary